greetings everyone! So I’m trying to care for my new pitcher plant! Been reading and recently found out that my North faced apartment doesn’t provide adequate sun for my plant. So I’m reading about these fluorescent lights and as I’m going to the stores to find them apparently they don’t sell fluorescent anymore ?? Is there another bulb that would provide the equivalent or do I need to find me some sort of illegal bulb dealer??

Misshuezo wrote::?: greetings everyone! So I’m trying to care for my new pitcher plant! Been reading and recently found out that my North faced apartment doesn’t provide adequate sun for my plant. So I’m reading about these fluorescent lights and as I’m going to the stores to find them apparently they don’t sell fluorescent anymore ?? Is there another bulb that would provide the equivalent or do I need to find me some sort of illegal bulb dealer??

Greetings!Welcome to the forum.You'll find a lot of nice knowledgeable people here, and a few grumpy old farts, like me.

Illegal Bulb Dealer!!!Brings to mind an image of a shady guy, in an alley, opening his trenchcoat with dozens of light-bulbs sewn into inner pockets.Love it!

There are also nice grow lights that use Red and Blue LEDs, originally designed for growing recreational, illegal plants.These are effective but the resultant light is ugly to human eyes.Plants grown under these types of lights can produce some spectacular depths of color.Here is the model I use for some of my Carnivorous Plants.It costs about $75 or so and covers more than four square feet at a height of two feet.https://www.amazon.com/MarsHydro-Spectrum-Hydroponic-Indoor-Growing/dp/B00XC3LBI2

Sorry for being long-winded, but there is an unbelievable amount of choices for plant lighting.